Prostitutes prefer Republican conventions (Rocky Mountain News)

[kurth]

DNC boost for sex biz
Denver can expect prostitution spike during convention
By Daniel J. Chacon

Political tricks may not be the only ones turned during the Democratic National Convention in Denver this August. The sex and adult entertainment industries are expecting a boom in business when an estimated 35,000 visitors descend on the Mile High City for the presidential nominating bash.

At the Pepsi Center, the focus will be on a single nominee. But outside the event, the choices available to the delegates, journalists and others are unlimited, giving new meaning to the term "conventional sex." More than six months before the convention comes to Denver, the offerings already online range from Claudia the "she- male porn star" to Erin the "adorable college cutie," whose $300- an-hour services are guaranteed to "leave you breathless."

Surprised? Don't be. Denver is, after all, home to Mike Jones, the beefy male prostitute who claimed to have bedded the Rev. Ted Haggard in his Capitol Hill apartment. Jay Watson, who promises an unforgettable milk bath and lotion massage for $125 an hour, said he's expecting to be busy during the DNC Aug. 25-28. Why? "Because look at me," said Watson, a 25-year-old Aurora man with a Mohawk. "I'm cute. I'm sexy and I deliver it all."

'More business' from GOP

Too bad for Watson and others like him that Denver didn't land the GOP convention instead, said Carol Leigh, a San Francisco prostitute "over 50" who has traveled to previous Democratic conventions in Los Angeles and Atlanta. "It would be a lot better for the sex workers if it was the Republican convention," she said. "We get a lot more business. I don't know if they're just frustrated because of the family values agenda," she said. When the Republican convention was held in New York in 2004, some sex workers offered limited-time discounts, according to New York Magazine, which ran a feature story titled "The Girls in Their Summer Hot Pants."

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/feb/04/dnc-boost-for-sex-biz/

[tanyev]

1. Anecdote...have no idea if it is true...

My dad was a Lutheran minister and our whole family sometimes got dragged along to the annual synodical conventions. Supposedly, one of the hotel staff commented on some differences he'd observed from a big Baptist convention that had recently been there. Since the Lutheran conventioneers went out after the sessions to get together in the bars and restaurants, they hardly found any liquor bottles or beer cans in the trash cans in their hotel rooms. The Baptist conventioneers did not patronize the bars of course, but room service found lots of empty liquor bottles and cans in the room trash. I remember that story making the rounds and getting a few chuckles at one of the conventions we went to.

[lpbk2713]

2. Do they also prefer a 'wide stance'?

:eyes: :eyes:

[qb]

3. It stands to reason... they have more money and repressed sexual urges. nt

[Zorra]

4. Calling Larry Flynt.....n/t

[SpiralHawk]

5. "Denver, here I come." - Jeff Gannon* (R)

*The notorious and official Bush White House male prostitute. According to the official Secret Service records, male prostitute Gannon gained access to George AWOL Bush's White House over 200 times, with several apparent overnight visits.

[meow2u3]

6. Hookers can extort more "hush money" from Repukes

This way, they get paid off to keep their secret sex lives from their wives and kids, in order to put on their "family values" front.

[JCMach1]

7. Especially the male ones apparently...